Guitar scale · exotic
E Bebop Dominant Scale
8-note scale adding a major 7th passing tone to Mixolydian for seamless downbeat chord tones.
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E Bebop Dominant Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|---------------------------------0-2-4-| B|---------------------------2-3-4-------| G|---------------------1-2-4-------------| D|-------------0-1-2-4-------------------| A|-------0-2-4---------------------------| E|-0-2-4---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------2-4-5-| B|---------------------------3-4-5-------| G|---------------------2-4-6-------------| D|---------------2-4-6-------------------| A|-------2-4-5-6-------------------------| E|-2-4-5---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------4-5-7-| B|-----------------------------5-7-------| G|---------------------4-6-7-8-----------| D|---------------4-6-7-------------------| A|-------4-5-6-7-------------------------| E|-4-5-7---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------7-9-10-11-| B|----------------------------------9-10-----------| G|-------------------------7-8-9-11----------------| D|------------------7-9-11-------------------------| A|-----------7-9-11--------------------------------| E|-7-9-10-11---------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------9-10-11-12-| B|---------------------------------------10-12------------| G|-------------------------------9-11-13------------------| D|--------------------9-11-12-13--------------------------| A|------------9-11-12-------------------------------------| E|-9-10-11-12---------------------------------------------|
How to play E Bebop Dominant on guitar
Find the root first: E is at fret 0 on the low E string and fret 7 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every E on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (3, 5, ♭7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 0–4. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | E |
| 2 | F# |
| 3 | G# |
| 4 | A |
| 5 | B |
| 6 | C# |
| ♭7 | D |
| 7 | D# |
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Questions
- What notes are in the E Bebop Dominant Scale?
- The E Bebop Dominant Scale has 8 notes: E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, D#.
- What is the formula of the bebop dominant scale?
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7 7, which is the step pattern W W H W W H H H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play E Bebop Dominant on the guitar?
- The root E is at fret 0 on the low E string and fret 7 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 0–4, and four more positions connect it up the neck.